Palantir is often called a data broker, a data miner, or a giant database of personal information. In reality, it’s none of these—but even former employees struggle to explain it.

A particular sort of dream control helps people mold their minds, practice real-life skills, and even shape their waking lives—all while sleeping.

Deep-sea desalination is on the cusp of providing a source of clean water from the Caribbean to the Emirates

Models rewrite code to avoid being shut down. That’s why ‘alignment’ is a matter of such urgency.

A wave of diagnostic tests—some here, some coming—can identify cancer and Alzheimer’s at earlier stages and predict flare-ups of other conditions

Grave warnings have been issued about the dangers of creating life forms using mirror-image molecules. How worried should we be?

If humans make it to 150 years old—known as aging “escape velocity”—we could choose exactly how long we’d like to live.

I have some bad news: You are almost certainly a worse driver than you think you are.

Consulting firms are rapidly adopting AI tools to enhance efficiency and innovation. Firms say that workers were ambivalent about AI at first. Now, they say AI has helped workers save time, which...

Mounting evidence suggests there might be two separate types of the world’s fastest-growing neurological condition. Can this fresh understanding lead to much-needed new treatments?

Donald Trump's unpredictable tariff policies have unsettled the venture capital world, further darkening an already gloomy outlook for IPOs.

A new research paper, coauthored by Google's David Silver, just proposed a radical new AI era. "The Era of Experience" tackles training-data scarcity by having AI agents generate their own data. This...

“Give me a qubit for long enough and a probe in which to measure it, and I shall extract the geometry of our world.”

The “Second Law of Infodynamics” could prove it.

Desynchronizing monkeys’ brains with electricity caused a performance boost

In Harlan Ellison's disturbing short story "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream," a sentient superintelligence named AM has taken over the earth's resources and exterminated humanity after combining...

Most medical experts are wary of the controversial scans.

Hallucinogens like DMT, psilocin, and LSD might rewrite the rules of sleep, blurring the line between dreams and reality.

‘Agentic’ is the biggest buzzword in Silicon Valley, but tech companies and enterprises lack a common understanding of its meaning, and it’s causing problems

Otter, the AI-powered automated transcription service, is launching a trio of artificial intelligence agents that aim to provide quick assistance and boost productivity during calls and meetings.